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47th Annual Meeting

of the

Society for Ethnomusicology

Southern California and Hawai’i Chapter (SEMSCHC)

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

University of California Riverside

Department of Music UCR Arts Building 900 University Ave

Riverside, CA 92521

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PROGRAM

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration

Arts Building Courtyard Light continental breakfast buffet 8:30 -10:00 am Paper Session I

Session 1 Room: Arts 157 Chair: Ricardo D. Trimillos (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) 8:30 Son jarocho and the Fandango Fronterizo: Deploying Traditional,

Participatory Art Forms to Confront Contemporary Issues Hannah Balcomb (University of California, Riverside)

9:00 El Movimiento Alterado: Narrating A World of Gender Hierarchies,

Drugs and Violence Jennie Galvin (National University of Ireland, Galway)

9:30 Passing Traditions: Lullabies and Cultural Change in Urban India

Andrew Pettit (University of California, Los Angeles) 10:00 – 10:15 am Morning Break

Coffee and tea available in the Arts Building Courtyard Music by Mayupatapi: The UCR Andean Music Ensemble

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10:15 – 11.45 am Paper Session II

Session 2A Room: Arts 157 Chair: Deborah Wong (UCR) 10:15 Rondalya Ilokana: The Ilokano Identity Consciousness in Rondalla

Music in Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur Froilan Fabro (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) – via video link

10:45 The Revival of a Traditional Notion of Music in the 21C Korean Music

Project Stephanie Choi (University of California, Santa Barbara)

11:15 Singing for Macedonia: Glocalization and National Identity

Construction in Macedonian Idol Dave Wilson (University of California, Los Angeles)

Session 2B Room: Arts 136 Chair: Kimasi Browne (Azusa Pacific University School of Music) 10:15 The Map that Christmas Carols Made: A Case of Musical Appropriation

and Application in a Karen Village Benjamin Fairfield (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

10:45 Chinese Non-Identified: Overseas Students and National Signs in

Chinese Popular Music Siu Hei Lee (University of California San Diego)

11:15 Family Reunion: Revisiting the Banjo in Diaspora

Barbara Taylor (University of California Santa Barbara)

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12:00 – 12.30 pm Paper Session III: Lighting Sessions

Session 3A (4 mins x 5) Room: Arts 157 Chair: Ruth Hellier-Tinoco (University of California, Santa Barbara) Heather Strohschein (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) – via video link Aviva Milner-Brage (UC Santa Barbara) Veronica Pacheco (UC Los Angeles) Paula Propst (UC Riverside) Gibb Schreffler (Pomona College) Session 3B (4 mins x 6) Room: Arts 136 Chair: René Lysloff (University of California, Riverside)

Christopher Aplin (Independent scholar) Silvia Carluccio (California State University Long Beach) IPutu Hiranmayena (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) Meghan Hynson (UC Los Angeles) Nana Kaneko (UC Riverside) Sarah Latanyshyn (UC Santa Barbara)

12.30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break Further information for lunch options will be provided at registration. NB: Many options are a 5-10 minute walk from the conference site. Student Concerns Meeting Those interested in participating in the Student Concerns Meeting should gather at

the registration table at 12:30.

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2.00 – 3:30 pm Paper Session IV Session 4A Room: Arts 157 Chair: Tim Cooley (University of California, Santa Barbara) 2:00 Eclecticism and the Digital Database in Post-Apocalyptic Video Games

Jeremiah S. French (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) – via video link 2:30 Simulated Culture and the Juggernaut of Capitalism. (Western classical

music in the Middle East) Rachel Beckles Willson (Royal Holloway, University of London)

3:00 The Social Impact of Technological Innovations in Turkish Instrument

Making Nicholas Ragheb (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Session 4B Room: Arts 136 Chair: Gibb Schreffler (Pomona College) 2:00 Not Just Another Residence: Flamenco Peñas, Patrimony and Noise

Control in Seville, Spain Joshua Brown (University of California Riverside)

2:30 What Exactly is “Free” about Free Improvisation? The Meaning of

Improvisatory Music in Los Angeles Aaron Kaplan (University of California Riverside)

3:00 Creating Space for Creative Music at LA’s Blue Whale

Alex W. Rodriguez (University of California, Los Angeles)

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3:30 – 3:45 pm Afternoon Break Arts Building Courtyard Music by Orkesta Pantai Barat: The UCR Keroncong Ensemble 3:45 - 4:45pm SEMSCHC Business Meeting Room: Arts 157 4:45-5:45pm Keynote Address Room: Arts 157

Art and Politics, Ethnography and Texts: The Case of American Cinema Sherry B. Ortner (University of California, Los Angeles)

6. 15 – 8 pm Live…from UCR!

Informal Dinner and Open Mic Performance

Resurrecting the performance traditions of the early years of the SEMSCHC conference, and further inspired by the current practices of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, all attendees are encouraged to join us at the conclusion of conference for an informal evening of musical performance and light dinner. Bring your guitar, mbira, ‘ud, shamisen, or _______, and share your talents! Sign-up will be available at the registration desk throughout the day.

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A special thanks to all who have made this year’s meeting possible: The University of California Riverside for their generous hospitality in hosting the meeting The SEMSCHC 2013 Program Committee

Ruth Hellier-Tinoco (UCSB), Chair Amy R. Corin (Moorpark College) David Harnish (USD) Timothy Taylor (UCLA)

The SEMSCHC 2013 Local Arrangements Committee Jonathan Ritter (UCR), Chair Deborah Wong (UCR) Rene T.A. Lysloff (UCR)

and the UCR Ethnomusicology graduate students SEMSCHC Officers, 2012-13

President Kimasi Browne (APU) Vice-President Charles Sharp (CSU Fullerton) Secretary-Treasurer Shanna Lorenz (Occidental) Web Editors Chris Adler (USD) Eric Schmidt (UCLA) Student Representatives Kathryn Alexander (UCR) George Blake (UCSB)

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Basic Directions to UC Riverside Parking is available in Lot 1 for $8. Stop at the kiosk immediately after turning onto West Campus Drive; the Arts Building is the large brown building directly across from Lot 1. From Los Angeles County From the 91 Freeway: Take CA-91 east to the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From the 10 Freeway: Take the I-10 east to the I-15 south and then to CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From the 60 Freeway: Take the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From Ontario Airport From the 10 Freeway: Take the I-10 east, to the I-15 south and then to the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From the 60 Freeway: Take the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From Orange County Take the CA-91 east to the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From San Bernardino Take the I-215 south to the CA-60 east. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive. From San Diego County Take the I-15 north to the I-215 north to the CA-60 west. Exit at University Avenue and turn left. At the second light, take a right onto West Campus Drive.

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Key:!Red:!Arts!Building!Blue:!Lot!1!Green:!University!Village!(food)!

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Lodging A limited amount of crash space is available for graduate students attending from outside the Riverside area. Please contact Jonathan Ritter for more information (jritter@ucr.edu). Cheapest Dynasty Suites 3735 Iowa Ave. Riverside, CA 92507 Phone: 951-369-8200 Adjacent to campus; rooms start at $64/night. Mid-range Courtyard by Marriott 1510 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92507 Phone: 1-800-741-5072 | WorldWide (817) 333-5105 Within walking distance of UCR. Rooms start at $119/night. Upscale The Mission Inn 3649 Mission Inn Ave. Riverside, CA 92501 http://www.missioninn.com Phone: 951-784-0300 Located in downtown Riverside, one of the region’s star attractions. Rooms start at $220/night.